Just curious to know what other people use for their injection methods! I do subq and recently had to reduce my draw needle gauge to 21 since I kept coring vials accidentally.
Just curious to know what other people use for their injection methods! I do subq and recently had to reduce my draw needle gauge to 21 since I kept coring vials accidentally.
I saw a video on YouTube with some techniques on how to not core your vile. I started doing this and haven’t had problems since.
If I recall correctly, it involves going in at a pretty steep angle, something like 30° off perpendicular to the membrane. Put the attack point of the needle (bevel facing up) right on the existing hole of the membrane and push the needle down slightly to try to reopen that same hole, then slide the needle into it. Once the tip is thru the membrane, you can angle the needle straight in.
yes! That’s the technique I use (even now with 21G, but also when I was drawing with 18G). I still cored vials that way, I think it happened because the width is so great and I was drawing from the vial twice a week back then, and I was using the vials for months, so the rubber got real torn up despite the technique (which does really help compared to just sticking the needle in at 90 degrees).
Haven’t had issues with 21G yet, even when I was drawing twice a week - but now I only draw once a week (though vials last much longer now, because both frequency and dose were lowered post-op).